Paradox: A Novel

· Cash & Colcord Book 2 · Sold by Forge Books
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The new powerhouse team of Douglas Preston & Aletheia Preston are joining together to "enter the world" of the New York Times bestselling Extinction.

One of the holiest relics in Christendom, inexplicably defaced...

A paranoid old prospector, ritualistically murdered...

A controversial exobiologist, tortured and dismembered...

When a reclusive man is found dead under grisly circumstances in the Colorado wilderness, CBI Agent Frankie Cash and Eagle County Sheriff Jim Colcord, whom we met in the New York Times bestseller, Extinction, team up again on their most enigmatic and dangerous case yet. Their investigation uncovers a trail of bizarre killings, baffling money transfers, and a fanatical secret society.

And all the while, the resurrected Neanderthals, who vanished into the Colorado mountains, seem to be biding their time for something...spectacular.

Books in the Cash & Colcord series
Extinction
Paradox
Resurrection


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The new powerhouse team of Douglas Preston & Aletheia Preston are joining together to "enter the world" of the New York Times bestselling Extinction. One of the holiest relics in Christendom, inexplicably defaced... A paranoid old prospector, ritualistically murdered... A controversial exobiol...

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13 reviews
Texas Texan
April 21, 2026
CASH & COLCORD: PARADOX, #2 - The hunt for the Neanders continues and they're getting blamed for everything. Add a bit of the Spanish Inquisition, the involvement of the Holy Roman Church, a UAP (formerly known as UFOs), a church lady with skills, and a rich, old coot and the hunt changes. The author's notes after the story is interesting on its own. Source: NetGalley and Tor Publishing Group. 4* EXTINCTION, #1 - I enjoy this genre and love reading books by Crichton and Cook. Add this author t
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Richard Remer
May 8, 2026
Good, but I thought the McGuffin was a bit too abstract.
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Charles Williamson
June 4, 2026
good read
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About the author

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which thirty-one have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Yorker. He worked as an editor at the American Museum of Natural History in New York and taught nonfiction writing at Princeton University. He is president emeritus of the Authors Guild and serves on the Advisory Board of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.

ALETHEIA PRESTON is the New York Times bestselling author of the Cash & Colcord novel Paradox, co-written with Douglas Preston. She is a reformed lawyer originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico, as well as an admitted adrenaline junkie, spending much of her free time finding ways to risk her life, from skiing and mountaineering to paragliding and winter camping. She and her cat Mochi live in Bozeman, Montana.

DOUGLAS PRESTON has published forty books of both nonfiction and fiction, of which thirty-one have been New York Times bestsellers, a half-dozen reaching the #1 position. He is the co-author, with Lincoln Child, of the Pendergast series of thrillers. He also writes nonfiction pieces for the New Y...

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